Intentions to Marry, 1902 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840421, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, October 3 2025

1902 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 1261

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar E. H. Rix

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

21 January 1902

Edwin Harold Back
Rose Lillian Montgomery Lees

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

35
24

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
18 months

St. Matthew's Church, Hobson Street

02/76

21 January 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Harold Back	Rose Lillian Montgomery Lees
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Hobson Street
Folio	02/76
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

21 January 1902

Charles Freeman
Florence May Nairn

Charles Freeman
Florence May Nairn
💍 1902/2168

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/77

21 January 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	55
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Freeman	Florence May Nairn
	💍 1902/2168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

22 January 1902

George Henry Smith
Annie McFaddan

George Henry Smith
Annie McFadden
💍 1902/2215

Widower
Widow

Baker

48
45

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
6 years

Registrar's Office

02/12

22 January 1902

E. H. Rix, Registrar

No	56
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Smith	Annie McFaddan
BDM Match (96%)	George Henry Smith	Annie McFadden
	💍 1902/2215
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Baker
Age	48	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/12
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Rix, Registrar

22 January 1902

Harry Robert Winters
Ida Moon

Harry Robert Winters
Ida Moon
💍 1902/2192

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Mrs. Phibbs, Jermyn Street

02/174

22 January 1902

Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Presbyterian

No	57
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Robert Winters	Ida Moon
	💍 1902/2192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Phibbs, Jermyn Street
Folio	02/174
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Rothwell, Presbyterian

23 January 1902

Charles Macdonald
Frances Batt

Charles Rawlinson Macdonald
Frances Batts
💍 1902/1256

Bachelor
Spinster

Laboratory Assistant

34
39

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
28 years

House of Bride, Jermyn Street

02/926

23 January 1902

Rev. C. Carter, Baptist

No	58
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Macdonald	Frances Batt
BDM Match (78%)	Charles Rawlinson Macdonald	Frances Batts
	💍 1902/1256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laboratory Assistant
Age	34	39
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	28 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Jermyn Street
Folio	02/926
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Carter, Baptist

23 January 1902

George Edward Hyoniason
Fannie Esther Ritter

George Edward Hyaniason
Fannie Esther Ritter
💍 1902/2428

Bachelor
Spinster

Range Maker

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

House of Mr. Phillips, Ponsonby

02/210

23 January 1902

Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	59
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Hyoniason	Fannie Esther Ritter
BDM Match (98%)	George Edward Hyaniason	Fannie Esther Ritter
	💍 1902/2428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Range Maker
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Phillips, Ponsonby
Folio	02/210
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).